Adding value with specialty inks

Ink technology in the digital printing sector has advanced dramatically in recent years, allowing print service providers (PSPs) to offer more products more profitably than ever. Indeed, one of the most significant new trends for the wide-format graphics market has been the introduction of specialty inks—including white, clear and ‘metallic’ formulations.

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4K is here to stay

In the beginning, there was light. Then marketer Dave Nichol (now recently departed) hooked up videocassette recorders (VCRs) to cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors in Loblaws grocery stores and early digital signage was born. Those first attempts were eventually followed by flat-panel displays (FPDs), including ubiquitous high-definition (HD) liquid crystal displays (LCDs).

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Last Impression: Worth the wait

Public-facing facilities are an opportunity to combine architecture and signage for multiple purposes. When the new MacNab Street Transit Terminal opened in 2011 in downtown Hamilton, for example, it represented more than an upgrade to the city’s public transit infrastructure by replacing an older building.

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